HiddencatBSN

HiddencatBSN BSN

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  1. Does your hospital mandate nurses or other staff?

    HiddencatBSN replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital mandates and whenever they do they are fined by the state....but we're a state run facility so IDK how that all works out. They try to make deals (stay 4 hours and I'll take you off 4-8 on...

  2. Nurses make me sick

    HiddencatBSN replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    IDK, considering how it's kinda a millennial thing to make dark jokes about how bad our self esteem is/having imposter syndrome, talk openly about seeing a therapist, and see our standard of living...

  3. Do people exaggerate with the “nursing is a catty field” comments or is that legit?

    HiddencatBSN replied to cookie123d's topic in General Nursing

    It varies a bit by workplace. Some places have a catty culture and that sucks. I think with so much focus on how "nurses eat their young" being toxic and self-defeating (do you want your new coworkers...

  4. Nurses make me sick

    HiddencatBSN replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    I will frame it and hang it next to my

  5. Nurses make me sick

    HiddencatBSN replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    I just think, if you’re going to complain about a lack of professionalism in nursing, you really should be bringing your A Game writing skills. As a decorated victor in many flame wars myself,...

  6. Nurses make me sick

    HiddencatBSN replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, since you seem to like dictionary definitions, look up “clique” and see if mmmmaybe that’s what you mean when you wrote “click” above. It will help you appear more PROFESSIONAL to use...

  7. Nurses make me sick

    HiddencatBSN replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    For me it depends on the bigger picture. Does management also listen to staff concerns and advocate for us, have our backs? Does administration? I have worked places where concerns are brushed off but...

  8. Nurses make me sick

    HiddencatBSN replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    I think there are a few things going on: workers in general are disempowered and disrespected, yet it is our labor that creates wealth. Profit? That is the surplus value of our labor. Wages have...

  9. Emergency Nursing Areas

    HiddencatBSN replied to Mary3010's topic in Emergency

    We make assignments in 4 hour blocks. Generally you're in whatever assignment you start in for your full shift but as staffing decreased you might move around. I might start in triage but at 3am...

  10. I don't know if I should call out or not r/t snow storm

    HiddencatBSN replied to SoNan's topic in General Nursing

    Most places I’ve worked will give out pretty strict discipline for calling out due to an anticipated weather event. Plan ahead and make contingency plans. Go in early or plan to sleep over. Or...

  11. Got The Vaccine! Share Your Experience

    HiddencatBSN replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yeah this happened to me once years ago. Pretty sure it was a nerve being

  12. How much experience does your manager/assistant manager have?

    HiddencatBSN replied to DownstreamOcclusion's topic in General Nursing

    My current manager has 5 years of nursing experience. He's fantastic, a big advocate for our unit. Our assistant manager kinda suuuuuuucks and IDK. I think minimal RN experience but several years as...

  13. How to get days off to go back to school?

    HiddencatBSN replied to Jay333's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I work at doesn't make those accommodations on a contract level but individual managers try to accommodate school requests. When a lot of nurses are in school and when they have seniority...

  14. Not receiving desired assignments but receiving unwanted assignments?

    HiddencatBSN replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's fine to express interest in specific assignments and roles but I wouldn't express disinterest or lack of enthusiasm in the work you are assigned. When you are new, there's a certain...

  15. Help! New graduated registered nurse having difficulty finding a job!

    HiddencatBSN replied to Butterfly70's topic in General Nursing

    This is what I did. It's not nursing experience but different programs will have different exposures and rotations and if you present your education in a way that highlights what you have learned from...

  16. Covid Vaccine

    HiddencatBSN replied to Nurseybl06's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I never understand the obsession among antivaxxers with vaccine pamphlets. They're certainly not the be-all end-all of the collected research on a particular vaccine. Give me a pubmed systematic...

  17. Covid Vaccine

    HiddencatBSN replied to Nurseybl06's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I got the Pfizer vaccine, first dose, on Thursday. I am comfortable with the development (massive resources for vaccine development like this is unprecedented and seeing the scientific community pool...

  18. Want to transition to Pediatrics

    HiddencatBSN replied to WantPediatricJob's topic in General Specialties

    I think either would be fine, with the adult/peds ED (if you actually do get to care for peds patients) being a potentially easier transition for you. Does the adult/peds ED have you take the ENPC...

  19. Emergency Nursing Areas

    HiddencatBSN replied to Mary3010's topic in Emergency

    I work in a peds ER. We see patients up to 20 years old, but have been taking more adult patients to help out with COVID. When I have a patient assignment: Get report, check my rooms quickly...

  20. Got The Vaccine! Share Your Experience

    HiddencatBSN replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Got mine yesterday at 3pm. Shot didn’t hurt, I was expecting it to sting and burn like gardisil but it was basically painless. Around 9pm started with mild soreness and was definitely tired and...

  21. Help! New graduated registered nurse having difficulty finding a job!

    HiddencatBSN replied to Butterfly70's topic in General Nursing

    I submitted hundreds of applications to get my first job. It takes time and if you’re in an area that has limited capacity to absorb new grads or many nursing programs, it might be harder to get a...

  22. New job. Got injured. Fired for unexcused absences during new hire probation period... what did I do wrong?

    HiddencatBSN replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    I think that expecting life not to happen during probation is unreasonable. While I was on orientation with my new job, my grandmother died, and two weeks later my alcoholic brother was bottoming out...

  23. DOC Guilt-Tripping Me To Accept Call-Ins

    HiddencatBSN replied to amanda269's topic in General Nursing

    I think it’s all in the way the asking is done- I’ve had guilt trippy requests and requests that were not. And not having a set plan in place other than “call folks not working to see who can...

  24. Covering 1:1’s in the ER

    HiddencatBSN replied to Ryan William's topic in Emergency

    I mean, I know we’ve had a lot of practice changes recently regarding our psych patients to correct deficiencies identified by the DNV. I’m pretty sure the cohorting 1:1s was one of those things...

  25. Now that the Covid 19 vaccine is just around the corner... Will it be mandatory?

    HiddencatBSN replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    But....it’s been researched. Extensively. This meta analysis includes 10 studies and over a million children: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X14006367 At...